libgdbm-dev software package provides GNU dbm database routines (development files), you can install in your Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install libgdbm-dev
libgdbm-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the libgdbm-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep libgdbm-dev *
You will get with libgdbm-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 14 04 lts trusty tahr |
| Section | Library development |
| Package | libgdbm-dev |
| Version | 1.8.3-12build1 |
| Description | GNU dbm database routines (development files) |
| Sub Section | libdevel |